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Curtsies & Conspiracies
Finishing School (Related to this series)
- Author
- Gail Carriger
- Narrator
- Moira Quirk
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 5 November 2013
- Run Time
- 9 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Vampires, werewolves and shapeshifters, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Vampires, werewolves and shapeshifters, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Steampunk, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship
What to expect
Finishing school and spy training go hand in hand in this delightful adventure set in a richly detailed steampunk world.
Does one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully grown guests?
Sophronia's first year at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality has certainly been rousing! For one thing, finishing school is training her to be a spy (won't Mumsy be surprised?). Furthermore, Sophronia got mixed up in an intrigue over a stolen device and had a cheese pie thrown at her in a most horrid display of poor manners.
Now, as she sneaks around the dirigible school, eavesdropping on the teachers' quarters and making clandestine climbs to the ship's boiler room, she learns that there may be more to a school trip to London than is apparent at first. A conspiracy is afoot—one with dire implications for both supernaturals and humans. Sophronia must rely on her training to discover who is behind the dangerous plot—and survive the London Season with a full dance card.
In this sequel to bestselling author Gail Carriger's YA debut Etiquette & Espionage, class is back in session with more petticoats and poison, tea trays and treason. Gail's distinctive voice, signature humor, and lush steampunk setting are sure to be the height of fashion this season.
Critics Review
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Praise for Etiquette & Espionage:
* "Carriger's YA debut brings her mix of Victorian paranormal steampunk and winning heroines to a whole new audience...with cleverly Victorian methods of espionage, witty banter, lighthearted silliness, and a ship full of intriguingly quirky people."—Booklist (starred review) -
* "Carriger deploys laugh-out-loud bon mots on nearly every page...Amid all the fun, the author works in commentary on race and class in a sparkling start to the Finishing School series."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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* "[A] delightfully madcap espionage adventure..."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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"Blending intrigue and elements of the school story, Carriger introduces teen readers to a supernatural-meets-steampunk world full of action and wit."—Horn Book
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"If spunky Lady Sybil from Downton Abbey happened onto a steampunk set, she might look a lot like Sophronia Angelina Temminnick."—ShelfAwareness
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Details
- Author
- Gail Carriger
- Narrator
- Moira Quirk
- Duration
- 9 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 November 2013
- ISBN
- 9781478925101
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Vampires, werewolves and shapeshifters, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Vampires, werewolves and shapeshifters, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Steampunk, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship
Synopsis
Finishing school and spy training go hand in hand in this delightful adventure set in a richly detailed steampunk world.Does one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully grown guests?Sophronia's first year at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality has certainly been rousing! For one thing, finishing school is training her to be a spy (won't Mumsy be surprised?). Furthermore, Sophronia got mixed up in an intrigue over a stolen device and had a cheese pie thrown at her in a most horrid display of poor manners.Now, as she sneaks around the dirigible school, eavesdropping on the teachers' quarters and making clandestine climbs to the ship's boiler room, she learns that there may be more to a school trip to London than is apparent at first. A conspiracy is afoot—one with dire implications for both supernaturals and humans. Sophronia must rely on her training to discover who is behind the dangerous plot—and survive the London Season with a full dance card.In this sequel to bestselling author Gail Carriger's YA debut Etiquette & Espionage, class is back in session with more petticoats and poison, tea trays and treason. Gail's distinctive voice, signature humor, and lush steampunk setting are sure to be the height of fashion this season.
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